Liv Little
{{Short description|Magazine editor and writer (born 1994)}}
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Olivia Little (born 1994) is the founder of gal-dem, an English online and print magazine run by women of colour, which ceased publication in 2023.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07zxgy9|title=Liv Little, Women in science and health, Could men have a role to play in refuges?, Woman's Hour - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC|access-date=2016-12-08}} In 2016, she was listed as one of the BBC's 100 Women.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-38012048|title=BBC 100 Women 2016: Who is on the list?|date=21 November 2016|work=BBC News|access-date=28 July 2019|language=en-GB}} She published her first novel, Rosewater in 2023.
Life
Little was born in January 1994 to a Jamaican-born father and mother of Guyanese descent. She was raised in South-East London and attended Blackheath High School and completed A-Levels at Newstead Wood School for Girls. During a year out between school and university she completed a 12-week placement in India as a Health and Livelihoods Coordinator with Restless Development, a branch within the International Citizen Service. She later studied Politics and Sociology at the University of Bristol, graduating in 2016 with First-Class Honours.{{cite web|url=https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2018/january/new-suffragette.html|title=Bristol graduate named by Vogue as a 'new suffragette'|publisher=University of Bristol|date=5 January 2018|access-date=13 February 2022}}
''gal-dem''
Little founded gal-dem while at university after being frustrated with the lack of diversity at her university.{{Cite news|url=http://www.gal-dem.com/about/|title=About {{!}} gal-dem|newspaper=gal-dem|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-12-08}} The gal-dem team consisted of more than 70 people of colour from marginalised genders, most of whom were based in the UK but with others in countries around the world.
In 2016, to celebrate their first birthday, gal-dem produced the first print edition of the magazine.{{cite web|first=Kemi |last=Alemoru|url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/32908/1/gal-dem-just-launched-a-print-mag-and-its-a-game-changer |title=gal-dem just launched a print mag and it's a game changer|website=Dazed|date=16 September 2016}} On 28 October 2016, the collective ran the Friday Late session at the V&A Museum.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vam.ac.uk/shop/whatson/index/view/id/3871/event/Friday-Late--gal-dem/dt/2016-10-28/eType/1/free/1|title=Friday Late: gal-dem|website=www.vam.ac.uk|access-date=2016-12-08}} The session featured an all-female line-up, with activities ranging from a mass twerk workshop to the chance to hear the best female London MCs. Little stepped down from her role as the CEO of gal-dem in September 2020.{{Cite web|date=2020-09-10|title=gal-dem founder Liv Little steps down as CEO|url=https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/life/gal-dem-founder-liv-little-steps-down-as-ceo/|first=Zoya|last=Raza-Sheikh|access-date=2021-11-24|website=Gay Times|language=en-GB}} gal-dem ceased publication in March 2023.{{cite web |title=Goodbye from gal-dem |url=https://gal-dem.com/gal-dem-goodbye-letter/ |website=gal-dem.com |access-date=20 April 2023 |date=31 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410042101/https://gal-dem.com/gal-dem-goodbye-letter/|archive-date=10 April 2023}}
Writing
Little published her first novel, Rosewater, in 2023.{{cite news |last1=Morris |first1=Kadish |title=Rosewater by Liv Little review – hookups, hope and hard times |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/apr/20/rosewater-by-liv-little-review-hookups-hope-and-hard-times |access-date=20 April 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=20 April 2023}} Writing in The Observer, Yagnishsing Dawoor described it as "a beautiful ode to queer love and friendship".{{cite news |last1=Dawoor |first1=Yagnishsing |title=Rosewater by Liv Little review – a lyrical love affair |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/apr/09/rosewater-by-liv-little-review-a-lyrical-love-affair |access-date=20 April 2023 |work=The Observer |date=9 April 2023}}
Selected publications
- {{cite book |last1=Little |first1=Liv |title=Rosewater|date=2023 |publisher=Dialogue |location=London |isbn=978-0349702957}}
References
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External links
- {{cite news |last1=Makonnen |first1=Hannah |title=In Conversation With Liv Little On Her Debut Book 'Rosewater' |url=https://www.whistles.com/inspiration/interviews/in-conversation-with-liv-little-on-her-debut-book-rosewater.html |access-date=20 April 2023 |work=Whistles |date=12 April 2023}} Interview
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Category:Black British journalists
Category:English people of Guyanese descent
Category:English people of Jamaican descent
Category:British women journalists
Category:Journalists from London
Category:Alumni of the University of Bristol